1970 Jacksonville Suns Statistics
Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 67-70
Finished 5th in the SL
Manager: Gus Niarhos (67-70)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Expos
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 64,722, Avg. 945
1970 Jacksonville Suns RosterTeam Record: 67-70
Finished 5th in the SL
Manager: Gus Niarhos (67-70)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Expos
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 64,722, Avg. 945
The Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League ended the 1970 season with a record of 67 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the SL.
The Suns paced the league with 532 runs, sparked by 86 home runs. Jacksonville allowed 512 runs, most in the circuit. James Covington led the team with 21 home runs and accounted for 65 RBI. Pepe Frías and James Covington topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .254 clip. Dave Hartman paced the squad with 9 wins and a team-best 2.01 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1970 Jacksonville Suns who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tom Fisher, Gary Timberlake, Freddie Velázquez, Pepe Frías, Pete Koegel, Tom Kelly, Ray Peters, Dick Bates, Buzz Stephen, José Herrera, Tom Robson, Terry Humphrey and Ron Locke.
Gus Niarhos served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Hartman | 9 | 10 | .474 | 2.01 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 157.0 | 130 | 45 | 35 | 6 | 41 | 4 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jay Carden | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.87 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 121.0 | 119 | 64 | 52 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| John Glass | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.65 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 116.0 | 117 | 56 | 47 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Bates | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.87 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 103 | 50 | 43 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Brent Foshie | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.53 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 64.0 | 42 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jessie Huggins | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.05 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 48 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Timberlake | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.58 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 73.0 | 64 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Won Kuk Lee | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.71 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114.0 | 111 | 55 | 47 | 9 | 37 | 3 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Buzz Stephen | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.89 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 38.0 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ron Locke | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.00 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 45.0 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Click | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Glassco | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.44 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 55.0 | 49 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bo Bertino | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.99 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 80 | 46 | 39 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Ray Peters | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.45 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Fisher | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Ferrell | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.96 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Keith LeFevre | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.14 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59.0 | 50 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gene Ammann | 1 | 5 | .167 | 2.85 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 41.0 | 41 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dennis Kline | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gerald Hebert | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 70 | .489 | 3.05 | 312 | 137 | 0 | 35 | 13 | 31 | 1211.0 | 1097 | 512 | 411 | 70 | 393 | 32 | 761 | 42 | 4 | 61 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepe Frías | 136 | 535 | 492 | 42 | 125 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 73 | .254 | .291 | .289 | .580 | 142 | 3 | 10 | 5 | ||
| James Covington | 127 | 504 | 417 | 70 | 106 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 65 | 6 | 2 | 76 | 98 | .254 | .370 | .465 | .835 | 194 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Terry Humphrey | 101 | 375 | 345 | 36 | 98 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 38 | .284 | .334 | .426 | .760 | 147 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Ryan | 118 | 460 | 408 | 40 | 98 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 35 | .240 | .319 | .331 | .650 | 135 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Willie James | 112 | 452 | 390 | 62 | 85 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 51 | 77 | .218 | .310 | .315 | .625 | 123 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Pete Koegel | 78 | 337 | 293 | 49 | 83 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 51 | .283 | .363 | .488 | .851 | 143 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Kenneth Kurtz | 80 | 332 | 301 | 30 | 79 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 26 | 29 | .262 | .323 | .309 | .632 | 93 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Chico Vaughns | 71 | 287 | 267 | 28 | 69 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 42 | .258 | .301 | .326 | .627 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Steve Jones | 53 | 233 | 213 | 29 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 46 | .300 | .345 | .423 | .768 | 90 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Tom Kelly | 93 | 312 | 266 | 33 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 37 | .241 | .346 | .376 | .722 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gary Holland | 84 | 317 | 271 | 31 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 51 | .214 | .314 | .317 | .632 | 86 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Tom Robson | 81 | 253 | 226 | 21 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 37 | .230 | .296 | .310 | .606 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Freddie Velázquez | 36 | 110 | 99 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | .253 | .306 | .394 | .699 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Donald Johnson | 38 | 92 | 75 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 25 | .253 | .380 | .360 | .740 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Lapointe | 29 | 83 | 75 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .187 | .265 | .213 | .478 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Dailey | 16 | 52 | 44 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .227 | .333 | .341 | .674 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Hartman | 22 | 59 | 49 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .204 | .298 | .306 | .604 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| José Herrera | 8 | 28 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .222 | .250 | .222 | .472 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bates | 18 | 35 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .172 | .273 | .207 | .480 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Won Kuk Lee | 30 | 39 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Buzz Stephen | 8 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bo Bertino | 24 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .136 | .174 | .182 | .356 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Donald Klinger | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .429 | .833 | 1.262 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Carden | 18 | 46 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .051 | .119 | .051 | .170 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Domingo Apellaniz | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | 1.333 | 1.667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Locke | 30 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ray Peters | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Ferrell | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .111 | .125 | .236 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Keith LeFevre | 34 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jessie Huggins | 8 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .056 | .150 | .056 | .206 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Timberlake | 10 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .045 | .087 | .045 | .132 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Glass | 18 | 40 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .032 | .143 | .032 | .175 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Craig Glassco | 31 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Click | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Foshie | 32 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Hebert | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Ammann | 11 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Fisher | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1580 | 5155 | 4539 | 529 | 1092 | 155 | 29 | 86 | 481 | 81 | 40 | 472 | 808 | .241 | .315 | .344 | .659 | 1563 | 0 | 40 | 65 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Robson | 1B | 59 | 517 | 38 | 5 | 39 | .991 | 9.407 | ||||
| Chico Vaughns | 1B | 41 | 256 | 28 | 5 | 39 | .983 | 6.927 | ||||
| James Covington | 1B | 30 | 289 | 21 | 1 | 17 | .997 | 1.333 | ||||
| Tom Kelly | 1B | 11 | 81 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .956 | 7.909 | ||||
| Terry Humphrey | 1B | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Pete Koegel | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Ryan | 2B | 88 | 199 | 252 | 14 | 47 | .970 | 5.125 | ||||
| Kenneth Kurtz | 2B | 44 | 117 | 118 | 14 | 27 | .944 | 5.341 | ||||
| David Lapointe | 2B | 8 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 3.500 | ||||
| Donald Klinger | 2B | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Chico Vaughns | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Gary Holland | 3B | 77 | 68 | 163 | 22 | 15 | .913 | 3.000 | ||||
| Chico Vaughns | 3B | 19 | 16 | 37 | 4 | 4 | .930 | 2.789 | ||||
| John Ryan | 3B | 17 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 5 | .938 | 2.647 | ||||
| David Lapointe | 3B | 15 | 12 | 28 | 5 | 3 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Terry Dailey | 3B | 10 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .815 | 2.200 | ||||
| José Herrera | 3B | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 2.167 | ||||
| Terry Humphrey | C | 93 | 563 | 46 | 10 | 9 | .984 | 6.548 | 11 | |||
| Donald Johnson | C | 22 | 105 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.409 | 3 | |||
| Pete Koegel | C | 21 | 115 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .977 | 6.190 | 3 | |||
| Freddie Velázquez | C | 8 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 7.500 | 0 | |||
| Willie James | OF | 103 | 200 | 4 | 8 | 1 | .962 | 1.981 | ||||
| James Covington | OF | 90 | 190 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .980 | 2.211 | ||||
| Tom Kelly | OF | 76 | 123 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.789 | ||||
| Pete Koegel | OF | 55 | 96 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .951 | 1.764 | ||||
| Steve Jones | OF | 53 | 82 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .966 | 1.604 | ||||
| Kenneth Kurtz | OF | 31 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .920 | 1.484 | ||||
| Freddie Velázquez | OF | 18 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Chico Vaughns | OF | 9 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.556 | ||||
| Domingo Apellaniz | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Keith LeFevre | P | 34 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .265 | ||||
| Brent Foshie | P | 32 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .531 | ||||
| Craig Glassco | P | 31 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .290 | ||||
| Ron Locke | P | 30 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .400 | ||||
| Won Kuk Lee | P | 30 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .966 | .933 | ||||
| Bo Bertino | P | 23 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 4 | .929 | 1.130 | ||||
| Dave Hartman | P | 21 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 1 | .911 | 1.952 | ||||
| John Glass | P | 18 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .897 | 1.444 | ||||
| Jay Carden | P | 18 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Dick Bates | P | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Gene Ammann | P | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Gary Timberlake | P | 10 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .714 | 1.000 | ||||
| Buzz Stephen | P | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .733 | 1.375 | ||||
| Jessie Huggins | P | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.750 | ||||
| Gerald Hebert | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Tom Fisher | P | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Ferrell | P | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ray Peters | P | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Paul Click | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Dennis Kline | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pepe Frías | SS | 136 | 204 | 432 | 32 | 68 | .952 | 4.676 | ||||
| Gary Holland | SS | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1465 | 3531 | 1514 | 184 | 301 | .965 | 3.444 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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